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Forכִּיas YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיwho savesהַמּוֹשִׁיעַIsrael,אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלevenכִּיifאִםit isיֶשְׁנוֹin Jonathanבְּיוֹנָתָןmy son,בְּנִיthenכִּיhe shall surely die.”מוֹת יָמוּתBut no oneוְאֵיןanswered himעֹנֵהוּamong allמִכָּלthe people.הָעָם
1 Samuel 14:39
Study it in the app“For as YHWH lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, then he shall surely die.” But no one answered him among all the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:39, word by word
- as YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- livesחַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears- who savesמּוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- in Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- he shall surely dieמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- answered himעֹנֵone
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “one” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
38Saul said, “Come near here, all the principal men of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been today.
39 · This verse (above)
40He said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what is good in your eyes.”